Amendments
REVOLUTION!
Birds that Rhyme with Smidgen
Vocabulary
Preamble
100

This amendment allows for freedom of speech, Religon, assebmly, and press.

What is the first amendment?

100

This is payment is typically made alongside purchases and is classified as a "fee."

What is Tax?

100

This founding father is famed for his inventions, wise words, and for helping to organize our democracy.

Who is Ben Franklin?

100

This action is used by the consumer class to stop purchasing specific products or from shopping at specific stores. Used to push agendas by creating economic stress.

What is a boycott?

100

This constitutes all peoples within the United States, as evidenced by the constitution. 

What is, We the people?

200

Upon its passing, this amendment granted Women's Suffrage.

What is the 19th Amendment

200
England began taxing any paper products sold in the colonies with this act.

What is the Stamp act?

200

The carving of a sun on the back of George Washingtons chair was said to be in this phase...

What is rising?

200

These militia soldiers were tasked with being ready to fight in a minute or less.

Who were the Minute Men?

200

Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness constitute what United States Values?

What are Natural Rights?
300

FDR served four terms, leading to the passing of this amendment to limit presidential terms.

What is the 22nd Amendment?

300

1775, The battle of Lexington and concord. Soldiers from England exchanged fire with the colonial militia, a battle where the first shot is said to have started the war. What was this shot nick named?

The shot heard 'round the world.

300

Ben Franklin had a specialized pair of glasses that he used to represent our Congress being divided by two houses.

What are Bifocals?

300

This form of warfare relied on people breaking traditional rules of engagment, and instead, relied on hit and run tactics and ambush attacks.

What is Guerilla Warfare?

300

What constitutes our Posterity?

What are future generations?

400
The 14th Amendment protects what natural rights of the constitution from illegal seizure without due process of law.

Life, Libert, Property. 

(I will accept Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.)

400

This group, disguised as natives, boarded ships belonging to England, and threw millions of dollars worth of tea in Boston harbor. This group would eventually lead the revolution against Britain.

The Sons of Liberty.

400

Congress is comprised of these two houses.

What are the House and Senate?
400

This formal document of signatures shows a governing body that a magority of the people request a change. Typically one of the first documents to surface prior to an uprising.

What is a Petition?

400

While not being Discussed in class, this symbol of Justice is used constantly to depict fairness and equality.

What is a scale?

500

This defines the process of jurors, court cases, evidence, and final judgment to be passed down. Without this process, it is unlawful to deprive someone of their liberties.

What is Due Process of Law?

500

This informal group of separatists aided the Sons of Liberty during the revolution and was composed entirely of colonial women.

Who were the Daughters of Liberty?

500

How many senators does the state of California have in Congress? 

Bonus 500 points if your group can state how many votes California has in congress between both houses.

2 - Senators

52 - Representatives

54 Total congressman 

500

Dedicated to the revolution, this French Diplomat helped fight in the Revolutionary war and wa a representative in frances deomcratic revolution. His charecter starred in Hamilton as well.

Who was Lafayette?

500

This founding father signed the declaration of Independence large enough for King John to see as a display of intent. His name to this day means, "To sign something." 

Who is John Hancock?

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